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'''Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet''' (14 January 1860 - 15 October 1936) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[entomologist]].
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'''Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet''' (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English [[Entomology|entomologist]].


Hampson studied at [[Charterhouse School]] and [[Exeter College, Oxford]]. He travelled to [[India]] to become a tea-planter in the [[Nilgiri Hills]] of the [[Madras]] presidency (now [[Tamil Nadu]]), where he became interested in moths and butterflies. When he returned to England he became a voluntary worker at the [[Natural History Museum]], where he wrote ''The Lepidoptera of the Nilgiri District'' (1891) and ''The Lepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon'' (1893) as parts 8 and 9 of ''Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera of the British Museum''. He then commenced work on ''[[The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma]]''. Moths'' (4 vols 1892-1896).
Hampson studied at [[Charterhouse School]] and [[Exeter College, Oxford]]. He travelled to [[India]] to become a tea-planter in the [[Nilgiri Hills]] of the [[Madras presidency]] (now [[Tamil Nadu]]), where he became interested in moths and butterflies. When he returned to England, he became a voluntary worker at the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]], where he wrote ''The Lepidoptera of the Nilgiri District'' (1891) and ''The Lepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon'' (1893) as parts 8 and 9 of ''Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera of the British Museum''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/75389|title = Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Edited by Arthur Gardiner Butler|year = 1893}}</ref> He then commenced work on ''[[The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma]]: Moths'' (four volumes, 1892–1896).


[[Albert C. L. G. Günther]] offered him a position as Assistant at the Museum in March 1895, and after he succeeded to his [[baronet]]cy in 1896, he was promoted to acting Assistant Keeper in 1901. He then worked on a ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum'' (15 vols, 1898–1920).
[[Albert C. L. G. Günther]] offered him a position as an assistant at the museum in March 1895, and, after succeeding to his [[baronet|baronetcy]] in 1896, he was promoted to the acting assistant keeper in 1901. He then worked on a ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum'' (15 volumes, 1898–1920).


[[Orthogrammica]], a [[genus]] of [[Moth|moths]] of the family [[Erebidae]], was erected by Hampson in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orthogrammica |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/orthogrammica/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=www.nic.funet.fi}}</ref>
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He was married to Minnie Frances Clark-Kennedy on 1 June 1893 and had three children.

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He married Minnie Frances Clark-Kennedy on 1 June 1893 and had three children.


==References==
==References==
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*''The Natural History Museum at South Kensington'' William T. Stearn ISBN 0434736007
*''The Natural History Museum at South Kensington'' William T. Stearn {{ISBN|0-434-73600-7}}
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*{{Rayment-bt|date=March 2012}}

==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=George Hampson}}


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Latest revision as of 05:05, 10 November 2024

For others of this name, see Hampson baronets.

Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.

Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills of the Madras presidency (now Tamil Nadu), where he became interested in moths and butterflies. When he returned to England, he became a voluntary worker at the Natural History Museum, where he wrote The Lepidoptera of the Nilgiri District (1891) and The Lepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon (1893) as parts 8 and 9 of Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera of the British Museum.[1] He then commenced work on The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths (four volumes, 1892–1896).

Albert C. L. G. Günther offered him a position as an assistant at the museum in March 1895, and, after succeeding to his baronetcy in 1896, he was promoted to the acting assistant keeper in 1901. He then worked on a Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum (15 volumes, 1898–1920).

Orthogrammica, a genus of moths of the family Erebidae, was erected by Hampson in 1926.[2]

He married Minnie Frances Clark-Kennedy on 1 June 1893 and had three children.

References

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  1. ^ Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Edited by Arthur Gardiner Butler. 1893.
  2. ^ "Orthogrammica". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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Baronetage of England
Preceded by
George Francis Hampson
 Baronet
(of Taplow)
1896–1936 		Succeeded by
Dennys Francis Hampson
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